Plain vs Rock Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Plain and Rock Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Plain and Rock Springs are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plain has the higher population (776 vs 310 in Rock Springs). Plain has the higher median household income ($85,938 vs $76,250 in Rock Springs). Plain has the higher median home value ($223,600 vs $161,200 in Rock Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Plain	Rock Springs
Population	776	310
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$85,938	$76,250
Median home value	$223,600	$161,200
Median gross rent	$972	$850
Housing units	359	138
Homeownership rate	73.3%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plain	Rock Springs
Population	755 → 776 (+2.8%)	296 → 310 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$58,625 → $85,938 (+46.6%)	$56,000 → $76,250 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$156,700 → $223,600 (+42.7%)	$121,300 → $161,200 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $972 (+33.5%)	$835 → $850 (+1.8%)

Plain

Population

755776

Median household income

$58,625$85,938

Median home value

$156,700$223,600

Median gross rent

$728$972

Rock Springs

Population

296310

Median household income

$56,000$76,250

Median home value

$121,300$161,200

Median gross rent

$835$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plain	Rock Springs
Under 5	7.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	17.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	19.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.1%
75 and over	7.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plain	Rock Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plain	Rock Springs
No high school diploma	3.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	33.9%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plain	Rock Springs
Drove alone	76.0%	93.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	2.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	4.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plain	Rock Springs
1-unit, detached	80.2%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Plain	Rock Springs
Poverty rate	10.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1957	1938